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Occasionally, all of us experience times when depression or discouragement creeps in unannounced. If you're an encourager, remember to encourage yourself in the Lord, to rest and recharge, and talk to trusted friends and loved ones.

Are new beginnings possible? Is healing a reality? How do we confidently release the past and embrace the future? This author suggests: see yourself as God sees you, remember grace, medidate on God's word, forgive, move forward, and cultivate balanced work.

This author revisits Philippians 4:13 reminding readers that just as Paul couldn't get out of prison, we cannot achieve all personal goals simply by having faith in Jesus. Rather, he suggests, that whether we face imprisonment (as Paul did) or other trials of life, Christ sustains us through them all.

This article, based on Dallas Willard's book Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God, this author reminds us that God is constantly speaking to people. But too often, they miss out on hearing God’s messages because they seek His guidance only occasionally – usually when they’re going through a crisis or facing a major decision.

God treats each of us as unique children. None of us is a cookie-cutter Christian. Because of that, God doesn’t “speak” the same way to all of us. He may use an audible voice. But more often, he may speak through the Bible, Jesus Christ, nature, other believers, music, circumstances, his Holy Spirit, and through prayer.

You might be like a lot of people who say, “Profanity, violence, and sex in the movies don’t really bother me." If you’re a Christian, though, wouldn’t you agree that there has to be a boundary somewhere?

...and Five from the Archives

The following articles would have made the above list, except that they aren't from 2012. They were originally published on Crosswalk in a previous year, but were recycled this year to a new audience that in most cases cherished and appreciated them more than the original one!